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Page 10
... looks at things with the naked eye of common- sense , but is always gazing at the world through a Claude Lorraine glass , discovering a thousand appear- ances which are created only by the instrument of inspection , and covering every ...
... looks at things with the naked eye of common- sense , but is always gazing at the world through a Claude Lorraine glass , discovering a thousand appear- ances which are created only by the instrument of inspection , and covering every ...
Page 11
... look to much more than the outward sign . I believe the fact to be , that wit is very seldom the only eminent quality which resides in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied with many other talents of every description , and ...
... look to much more than the outward sign . I believe the fact to be , that wit is very seldom the only eminent quality which resides in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied with many other talents of every description , and ...
Page 21
... look forward , in his next tragedy , to a fall of snow , three or four feet deep , or expect that a plot shall gradually unfold itself by means of a general thaw .-- Sydney Smith . ENGLISH CONVERSATION . Hesitating , Humming , and ...
... look forward , in his next tragedy , to a fall of snow , three or four feet deep , or expect that a plot shall gradually unfold itself by means of a general thaw .-- Sydney Smith . ENGLISH CONVERSATION . Hesitating , Humming , and ...
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... 1756 , observing Mr. Pon- sonby , the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons , tossing about bank - bills at a hazard - table at New- market- " Look how easily the Speaker passes the money 26 TABLE - TALK . AFTER - DINNER.
... 1756 , observing Mr. Pon- sonby , the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons , tossing about bank - bills at a hazard - table at New- market- " Look how easily the Speaker passes the money 26 TABLE - TALK . AFTER - DINNER.
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Robert Conger Pell. market- " Look how easily the Speaker passes the money - bills . " The beautiful Lady Coventry was exhibiting to him a splendid new dress , covered with large silver spangles the size of a shilling , and inquired of ...
Robert Conger Pell. market- " Look how easily the Speaker passes the money - bills . " The beautiful Lady Coventry was exhibiting to him a splendid new dress , covered with large silver spangles the size of a shilling , and inquired of ...
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